> 25 years
If that was true we'd have all the Kennedy assassination docs.
If that was true we'd have all the Kennedy assassination docs.
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/DOCUMENT/940228.htm
" In August 1974, the Joint Chiefs of Staff destroyed all the minutes and transcripts of their meetings going back to 1947, and in 1978 essentially stopped keeping any such records. Only 30 pages of notes have survived, much to the dismay of military historians and scholars of the Cold War."
So, like, we will never get the discussions around, say, them using smallpox against North Korea.
>25X7 – reveal information that would impair the current ability of U.S. government officials to protect the President, Vice President, and other protectees for whom protection services, in the interest of national security, are authorized;
Basically back to step one: they tell you what they want.
> (6) reveal information, including foreign government information, that would cause serious harm to relations between the United States and a foreign government, or to ongoing diplomatic activities of the United States;
Like, snipers on roof tops, planning the route so there's no slow downs, etc.